Non-frontier atom exchanges in hydrogen-bonded aromatic dimers can induce significant interaction energy changes (up to 6.5 kcal mol). Our quantum-chemical analyses reveal that the relative hydrogen-bond strengths of -edited guanine-cytosine base pair isosteres, which cannot be explained from the frontier atoms, follow from the charge accumulation in the monomers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCyclic peptides extend the druggable target space due to their size, flexibility, and hydrogen-bonding capacity. However, these properties impact also their passive membrane permeability. As the "journey" through membranes cannot be monitored experimentally, little is known about the underlying process, which hinders rational design.
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